CVE-2026-45929

HIGH

ovpn: fix possible use-after-free in ovpn_net_xmit

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovpn: fix possible use-after-free in ovpn_net_xmit When building the skb_list in ovpn_net_xmit, skb_share_check will free the original skb if it is shared. The current implementation continues to use the stale skb pointer for subsequent operations: - peer lookup, - skb_dst_drop (even though all segments produced by skb_gso_segment will have a dst attached), - ovpn_peer_stats_increment_tx. Fix this by moving the peer lookup and skb_dst_drop before segmentation so that the original skb is still valid when used. Return early if all segments fail skb_share_check and the list ends up empty. Also switch ovpn_peer_stats_increment_tx to use skb_list.next; the next patch fixes the stats logic.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0016
EPSS Percentile 5.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.18.14linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.16
Linux/Linux 08857b5ec5d91d83e69e40a36554a8c7557b7301 - 3e4fbcb4e078915367ba5576cd70d76dbc970f95
Linux/Linux 08857b5ec5d91d83e69e40a36554a8c7557b7301 - 442915c96a9bff1c7080e2aedabb1c03faa28d81
Linux/Linux 08857b5ec5d91d83e69e40a36554a8c7557b7301 - a5ec7baa44ea3a1d6aa0ca31c0ad82edf9affe41
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.18.14 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.4 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
... and 1 more
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026